Soldiers returning from leave amidst their bags, in a train station. Two of them are sitting on the ground, leaning on a wall, dozing, while another one is sprawled out.
Waiting for the Train (Priv. coll.)
Ba 179
(1916)
Waiting for the Train
Print size: 115 mm × 70 mm
Related people
Auguste Brouet (etcher/engraver)Gaston Boutitie (editor)
Related object
98. Le Repos in Nevers station (Exposition de 1922)112. Railway guards on patrol, Nevers Station, at Night (Exposition de 1923)
67. Nevers Station, at night (Exposition de 1923 - estampes en vente)
Theme
war
Printed at
75
impressions,
10
artist proofs.
Catalogues: B. 145.
Collections: BPL 1, Universität Osnabrück, auteur.
Exhibitions: EB 98, EG 112b, EGC 67.
Catalogues: B. 145.
Collections: BPL 1, Universität Osnabrück, auteur.
Exhibitions: EB 98, EG 112b, EGC 67.
The alternative title Repos en gare de Nevers recalls that during the war, Brouet had been posted to Le Creusot, which was reached by transiting through Nevers.